My Journey With Health And Fitness – Breaking The Obsession

Well today went kind of funky. I got an email this morning about a dog that needed an emergency foster as his owner had gone into the emergency room at our local hospital. Turns out the owner was visiting from Quebec so had no one to take the dog. I thought I had found a foster but unfortunately the dog was freaking out at the foster’s adult son and wouldn’t stop barking. And so, I now am looking after a very handsome 8 year old, 4lb chihuahua who is settling in nicely. We are hoping his owner gets released from hospital on Tuesday but I guess Pierrot will be joining us at the Farmer’s Market tomorrow as we are not keen on leaving him alone with all of our pets just quite yet.

Yesterday I was at my normal Friday circuit class and thought, wow, does my body feel like its nearly 60 year old age today. The stupid ankle was sore (ok, may have overdone it both Wednesday and Thursday), the cranky knee was really stiff and my back was bugging me (fortunately it felt muscular and not nerve related). I got to the last round and in doing barbell cleans I told the instructor that my body felt my age and for the 1st time she had me go down in weights. And I get it, time to listen to my body and give it a bit of a rest for a few days. By rest I mean not 4 hours of walking, just maybe 1 and by Monday I should be back to the normal routine.

The problem is my obsession with my Fitbit and let me be clear, I am obsessed. I check each and every day to make sure I have hit my step, cardio, kilometer, calories and zone minute goals. Seriously, if I don’t I am mortified. However, I know for my own physical and mental health I need to break that obsession and allow my body to recover. That meant this morning for the 1st time in I can’t remember how long I did not check my Fitbit stats. As a matter of fact I have not looked at it all day. Strangely, I did not keel over and die for not looking at it. I will do the same tomorrow and quite frankly not go back to checking it until I am back on track on Monday. The goal is to break the obsession.

Ok, I’ll be honest, I will go back to being obsessed really quickly it is just I have given myself permission to ignore it for a few days. Oh, and I deadlifted 140lb today which of course is friggin’ awesome!